Posted by David Assil on October 10, 2026

Featured in ELLE: The Black Moc Croc Clutch by Madison Maison and Designing Hollywood

Name: Black Leather Moc Croc Clutch
Brand: Madison Maison
Price: 595.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Madison Maison · Black Moc Croc Clutch

Featured in ELLE: The Black Moc Croc Clutch by Madison Maison and Designing Hollywood

The Black Leather Moc Croc Clutch by Madison Maison, the Beverly Hills specialty store, is featured in ELLE, in a second editorial by the same team that shot the red clutch. It is an evening clutch in black croc embossed leather with a gold snake handle and a crossbody strap, part of David Assil's collaboration with Designing Hollywood and costume designer Marilyn Vance. $595, in store at 9630 Brighton Way and online.

Madison Maison Black Leather Moc Croc Clutch with gold snake handle, held in front of a green floral skirt suit in an ELLE editorial

Madison Maison Black Leather Moc Croc Clutch carried by the gold snake handle beside a green floral skirt suit in an ELLE editorial

ELLE · Madison Maison Black Leather Moc Croc Clutch

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At a Glance

Featured In

ELLE

Product

Black Leather Moc Croc Clutch, $595

Collaboration

Madison Maison and Designing Hollywood, with Marilyn Vance

Handle

Gold snake handle

Strap

Comes with a strap to wear it crossbody

Leather

Croc embossed leather, made by the tannery specifically for Madison Maison

Size

10 in wide, 5 in high, 2 in deep

Colors

Black, red, gold and silver

Also Featured In

ELLE, the red clutch and Numéro Switzerland, Escape from Reality

Where

Madison Maison, 9630 Brighton Way, Beverly Hills, and madisonmaison.com

Black on green. In the ELLE frames the clutch is held in both hands in front of a cream skirt suit printed with small green flowers, the gold snake handle looped over the fingers, a blue column and a yucca behind. In the second frame it hangs at her side by the handle, the croc texture catching the daylight. The clutch is the darkest thing in the picture and the first thing you see.

It is the same ELLE team that shot the red clutch: the same photographer, the same stylist and art director, Stela Plaka, the same model. One magazine, two editorials, one bag in two colors.

From the Store

David Assil on the Black Clutch: the Lining, the Strap and the Collaboration

The tannery made it specifically for us. The strap so you can wear it crossbody. And again, it's the colors of the lining. I just love the color of the lining.

This is a collaboration that I'm doing with Designing Hollywood. Marilyn Vance, who is an icon in the movie business. So I'm doing a little croc bag collection and also croc heel pumps that are also coming, which I'll share down the road. So things are starting to tie together and I'm really excited about this.

David Assil, Madison Maison

Madison Maison Black Leather Moc Croc Clutch held by the gold snake handle on a green bench in an ELLE editorial

ELLE · The Black Moc Croc Clutch on the bench

The Detail

David Assil on the Snake Handle

A handle that's really cool. Kind of like a snake dragon handle, more snake. Also comes with a crossbody strap. You can see the black with the black.

David Assil, Madison Maison

The handle is what the ELLE frames keep finding: two snake heads meeting at the center of a gold ring, worn over the hand like jewelry. On the bench it is the only gold in the picture. The same clutch comes in red, gold and silver.

The ELLE Team

Photographer

@cristinanashedph

Stylist and Art Director

Assistant Stylist

Hair and Makeup

Model

Agency

@abcmodelsmilan_official

Costume

@costumerialariula

The Collaboration

The Moc Croc bags are part of the Designing Hollywood and Madison Maison collaboration with Marilyn Vance, the costume designer David calls an icon in the movie business. It is a small croc bag collection, with croc heel pumps alongside it.

@designinghollywood · @marilynvance · @tikaibarra

Designer's Notes

Which Madison Maison bag is featured in this ELLE editorial?

The Black Leather Moc Croc Clutch. It is an evening clutch in black croc embossed leather with a gold snake handle, carried with a green floral skirt suit in an ELLE editorial.

Is this the same clutch ELLE featured in red?

Yes. The same Moc Croc Clutch appeared in red in an earlier ELLE editorial by the same team. This story is a second editorial, with the black.

What is the Moc Croc Clutch?

An evening clutch from Madison Maison in croc embossed leather with a gold snake handle. It comes with a crossbody strap, and David Assil says the tannery made the leather specifically for Madison Maison.

What colors does the Moc Croc Clutch come in?

Four: black, red, gold and silver. Each is $595 at Madison Maison.

How big is the Black Moc Croc Clutch?

Ten inches wide, five inches high and two inches deep, with a two inch handle drop. The strap is forty inches.

Who is behind the Designing Hollywood collaboration?

The Moc Croc bags are a collaboration between David Assil of Madison Maison and Designing Hollywood with Marilyn Vance, the Hollywood costume designer. David describes it as a small croc bag collection with croc heel pumps alongside it.

Can the Black Moc Croc Clutch be worn crossbody?

Yes. It is carried by the snake handle as a clutch, and it comes with a strap so it can be worn crossbody.

Where can I buy the Black Moc Croc Clutch?

At Madison Maison, 9630 Brighton Way in Beverly Hills, and online at madisonmaison.com in the Moc Croc Bags collection.

Transcripts of the two films, David Assil

Film one. Coming in gold, silver, red, and black. The gold and silver are phenomenal. The tannery made it specifically for us. The strap so you can wear it crossbody. And again, it's the colors of the lining. I just love the color of the lining. This is a collaboration that I'm doing with Designing Hollywood. Marilyn Vance, who is an icon in the movie business. So I'm doing a little croc bag collection and also croc heel pumps that are also coming, which I'll share down the road. So things are starting to tie together and I'm really excited about this.

Film two. It's an evening clutch [...] with a handle that's really cool. Kind of like a snake dragon handle, more snake. Also comes with a crossbody strap. You can see the black with the black. And I'm also doing it, this bag, in these three colorways as well. The gold, the silver, and the red.